The Romance of Democracy

An insider perspective on contemporary Mexico, this text examines the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City in 2002. It provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighbourhood democracy.

First sentence: The Romance of Democracy is an ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation in the world's most populous city: a detailed, bottom-up exploration of the lives of residents of a poor working-class neighborhood of the Mexican capital; and an examination of how, when, and why they seek to change their political worlds, and how, when, and why they participate in or eschew the politic

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

Editions

2

Pages

312

ISBN

9780520235281

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